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Times tables 'to be tested by age 11'Every pupil in England will be tested on their times tables before leaving primary school, under government plans.Pupils aged 11 will be expected to know their tables up to 12x12, and will be tested using an "on-screen check".The checks will be piloted to about 3,000 pupils in 80 primary schools this summer, before being rolled out across the country in 2017.Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said maths was a non-negotiable aspect of a good education.
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QuoteGreece's economic crisis goes on, like an odyssey without endLast year was deeply tumultuous for the troubled country but with growing fears of social unrest, 2016 could be even more unpredicatablehttp://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/04/greeces-economic-crisis-goes-on-odyssey-without-end
QuoteTimes tables 'to be tested by age 11'Every pupil in England will be tested on their times tables before leaving primary school, under government plans.Pupils aged 11 will be expected to know their tables up to 12x12, and will be tested using an "on-screen check".The checks will be piloted to about 3,000 pupils in 80 primary schools this summer, before being rolled out across the country in 2017.Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said maths was a non-negotiable aspect of a good education.http://www.bbc.com/news/education-35216318 Ms Morgan was privately educated at Surbiton High School and graduated from the University of Oxford where she was Treasurer of the private Oxford Union debating society. She previously served in Her Majesty's Treasury as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from October 2013 to April 2014 and as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from April to July 2014. WikipediaQuoteDavid Cameron dodges times table questionChannel 5's Andy Bell presented Mr Cameron with the question "What are nine eights?", but the Conservative leader said he wanted to "plead the (Education Secretary) Nicky Morgan defence".http://www.bbc.com/news/education-31091853
Back in the Dark Ages when I was at junior school we had times table and spelling tests every Monday morning and woe betide any kid who made more than a couple of mistakes. Good days.